Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Tonsil/Scope Day

Ryan and Joshua (the frog)
Are getting ready.
Only a few more minutes,
And those big tonsils will be gone.


After the surgery, Ryan says,
"All the ice cream in the world
Is NOT worth the pain!!"
Poor kid.
On a side note, the real reasons we were doing this for Ryan was to first, help him with his sleep apnea, and second, to figure out what was going on with his trachea closing off. We discovered that his vocal cords have not been working as they should. It is called Paradoxical Vocal Cord Dysfunction. It is commonly masked as Allergies, Asthma, and Croup, and we'd been told he had them all. The classic sign is a pulmonary test that shows his breathing was actually worse with the albuterol. This classic sign showed itself back at the beginning of November. Thank goodness we know what it is now, and hopefully how to help him better.

1 comment:

Minna and Matt Pedersen said...

That is one awesome looking dude and a great looking frog!! I hope you get better soon Ryan!! I love you!!